Pingyang Fu of the Red Chamber

Chapter 2 Don't panic, just hold on
"Boom, boom, boom!"

The sudden knock on the door from the front interrupted Zhang Jinyu, who was sitting on the bed in a daze, and made Zhang Jinyu shudder all over.

"Who?"

Zhang Jinyu took a deep breath and pretended to ask deeply;

"My lord, it's me, Lieutenant General Ningbyon, bringing you hot porridge."

"come in."

"Yes, my lord."

The voice just fell,

I saw a young, burly general with a square face and neat military uniform walking in.

"My lord, how are you feeling?"

"Well, it's much better, but my head hurts a little."

"Come on, my lord, first drink some hot porridge to warm up your body, don't worry my lord, today is an accident, the best doctor in the city has also seen it for you this afternoon, it's just a little trauma, just rest and recuperate for a while. "

Lieutenant General Ning Bian slowly put the porridge on the table in the living room, and also took out the pickles and steamed buns wrapped in oil paper from his arms and put them on the table as well.

"My lord, come and eat something, you haven't eaten all day!"

"Ok."

When Zhang Jinyu heard this, it was impossible. It was absolutely impossible not to eat. People are like iron and steel. If the time comes when you are hungry and have no strength, how can you escape.

cough!How do you have the strength to fight?

After Zhang Jinyu finished speaking, he dragged his tired body and walked over, sat at the table, picked up the porridge and drank it, not to mention that the unpolluted porridge tasted really delicious, so he picked up a steamed bun and rolled some pickles and ate it When it rises, it is indeed delicious.

Looking back at the lieutenant who was still standing by his side,
"Nyongbyon, what's going on today? Tell me!"

"My lord, after the reinforcements entered the city this morning, I arranged for them to be stationed in the camp, but the leaders are all lieutenant generals, and the chief generals of each department, including the commander-in-chief Zhou Jian'an, have not returned yet."

"I know what happened in the morning. It's been a day. Do you think they can come back? I'm talking about what happened in the afternoon. I remember I fell when I went out, and then what?"

"Then when my lord heard the news, he was quite excited. He fell down when he went out, and accidentally knocked his head and passed out. Fortunately, the generals of the Zhang family kept hiding the truth from the people below, and there was also the warrant issued by Marshal Zhou who ordered his lord to be the main general. There was no trouble!"

"Then the Jurchens didn't attack the city?"

Zhang Jinyu asked suspiciously, it is impossible for me to give up such a good opportunity.

"Fight. In the morning, the Jurchens struggled to fill in a small path on the moat. In the afternoon, the Jurchens tried to attack for an hour, but the Jurchens didn't have the siege equipment ready, so they withdrew."

"Is our loss big?"

"My lord, we have not lost any of our original troops!"

"Ok?"

"I directly took Commander Zhou's warrant and arranged for reinforcements to defend the city. Our people were all behind to supervise the battle. The reinforcements died, with about 2000 casualties."

Hearing this, Zhang Jinyu immediately thought, talent, this guy has the potential to be a dog.

"Is there no one in the reinforcements to object?"

"There were two lieutenants who objected. Your cousin Zhang Junying accompanied me. He directly killed the two lieutenants for disrespecting the military order and took over the troops."

Zhang Jinyu roughly understood the current situation by asking about what happened in Yongbyon in the afternoon.

"Ningbian, you go, now go and call all the generals of Zhang's mansion, let's have a meeting together! Tell them that there is something important to discuss, and it is a matter of wealth and life."

"Yes, my lord, I will go to the humble position."

Ning Yuan bowed his hands and led away.

Zhang Jinyu thought about it quickly. Now the task is to control the army and find a way to win and survive. The others are retreating. Besides, fighting with cold weapons is the most brutal and tests people's willpower the most. I hope my subordinates can be better.

Waited for half an hour,

People came to the general's mansion one after another.

"Brother, are you feeling better?"

"General, we are all worried,"

"Brother, as long as you are fine, the brothers are still counting on you!"

"Quiet!"

Zhang Jinyu's head became dizzy when he heard the noise of people in the room.

When everyone heard the elder brother's words, they all closed their mouths consciously.

"I said, listen, now we are discussing our future wealth and life, and we are still arguing here. Think about how to deal with the Jurchens outside!"

"Also, Huang Jitai is coming so aggressively this time. It seems that he will definitely want to take down Pingyang County. In the case of our reinforcements and generals being wiped out, it is a perfect opportunity. You said that if you were Huang Jitai, you would give up this opportunity. ?"

Zhang Jinyu glanced at the crowd with lingering eyes, and then said in a low tone;

"Are there still people from the imperial court around us now? Or are there any guards in the city closest to us?"

"Back to the general, there is one, Pingyao City, to the south of us."

It was Zhang Wenyuan, Zhang Jinyu's family general who spoke,
"Who guards the city? How many troops are there?"

Zhang Jinyu followed up and asked,

"General, the city guards, the guards, and others have already run away. You still sent Ning Yuan to lead us 5000 people to take over the city defense. At present, there is a messenger saying that the remaining battle-worthy people have been counted. There are still 2 people available for our people, and the rest are empty.”

"These corrupt officials in Nuliang are greedy for life and afraid of death. What do you mean, Wen Yuan, are there only people from our Zhang family left on the Luohe Plain?"

"Yes, General."

Zhang Jinyu suddenly felt a headache, these are all pig teammates, no, pigs are better than them, there is not even a reinforcement in such a big place, and finally came, the commander is also 250, and the court of this great martial arts is also absolutely ruined.

"Everyone, you heard the conversation between Wen Yuan and me. Now we are the only ones fighting alone. We are all grasshoppers on the same rope. We either live or die! As for escaping, the Jurchen cavalry outside are not vegetarians. "

Zhang Junying is short-tempered, so he said without waiting for Zhang Jinyu to finish;
"Brother, what do you say, we brothers live together and die together. At worst, we will fight with his Jurchen!"

"General, what do you say we will do."

"Yes, listen to you."

"Yes, General, just tell me what to do!"

Zhang Jinyu was very pleased to see everyone's reaction, raised his hand and pressed it, and everyone immediately stopped talking,
"First of all, there are 20 reinforcements from the camp in the city. To be precise, there are 18 left, and our 2 troops, a total of 5 people. The extra 20 people will be led by Yongbyon as my guard. These Soldiers and horses are the foundation of our livelihood."

Speaking of this picture, Jinyu paused,
The generals also looked thoughtful and suddenly realized.

"So, the first step is to take over the 18 troops with my warrant and the warrant of Marshal Zhou Jian'an. Anyone who refuses to accept it will be killed!"

Everyone looked cold.

"The second step is that our Pingyang is the largest storage place for military equipment and food in the north of the empire. With our city defense and a large number of military equipment, Huang Jitai will be exhausted until they retreat. His lair is in the east, and there is their deadly enemy in the north. Yuezhi people, we can't leave for too long! So we must hold on, as for defeating them, that's a matter of later."

Everyone let out a long sigh of relief as they watched the chief general Zhang Jinyu analyze the next plan with confidence, and their tense expressions eased a bit.

Lieutenant General Ning Yuan interjected beside him;
"General, those supplies and weapons are directly under the Ministry of War. This year we just mobilized the military supplies for about 40 people. There is no imperial order from the central government. I'm afraid we will use those civil servants without authorization!"

"What you said is also a problem. The bad things of these civil servants are one-on-one, but now we are the first to survive, and the rest will be discussed. Besides, we will not be able to say what we say at that time."

"Okay! Now, I order! Zhang Junying leads the first battalion of 2 cavalry, Zhang Wenyuan leads the second battalion of 2 cavalry, Zhang Wenqing leads the third battalion of 2 infantry, Zhang Jiawen leads the fourth battalion of 2 infantry, and Zhang Jiawu leads the second battalion of 2 infantry. The fifth battalion with 2 infantry, Zhang Xiaolin led the sixth battalion with 2 infantry, Zhang Mingzhe led the seventh battalion with 2 infantry, Zhang Yuanpeng led the eighth infantry mixed battalion with 2 infantry, and Yongbyon led our old battalion with [-] infantry .”

"The last general takes orders,"

The generals responded in unison,

"Remember, act quickly. We will defend the city tomorrow morning. Huang Jitai won't give us too much time. Zhang Jiawen and Zhang Jiawu, you brothers, will defend the first day tomorrow. We will exhaust him with refueling tactics."

"Yes, General, no, yes, Commander."

The titles of the two also changed directly from general to marshal.

(End of this chapter)